Korean slang profile
핫머니
hatmeoni
Speculative short-term cross-border funds
Speculative short-term funds moving rapidly across countries in pursuit of short-term returns.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Mar 31, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
외환위기를 다룬 옛 자료에서 핫머니의 이동을 설명한 부분을 읽었다.
I read a section explaining the movement of 핫머니 in old material on the foreign-exchange crisis.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
서울신문 in 1998 pairs speculative short-term funds with 핫머니 while explaining changes to foreign-exchange and investment systems. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The spelling, definition, and economic or information-society context in the contemporary original were directly compared. This does not mean it originated in 1998; first use and the extent of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 외환거래 전면 자유화/외국인투자 대폭 허용 (서울신문)Published Mar 31, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026